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Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1969
Physical Desc
145 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortstop Sandy makes the error of not telling fellow players why he leaves ballgames early and alienates them further by excluding them from his friendship with an older boy.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 25
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
131 p. illus. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 28
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
131 p. illus. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A poor throwing arm and prejudice from one white boy keep a black junior high student from completely enjoying his position on the baseball team.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 33
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1978
Physical Desc
182 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 36
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
137 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A high school football player believes the harassment he is experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison record.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 41
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
128 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Normally fearful to play basketball in front of a crowd, Kelly becomes a confident and aggressive player when she dons a mysterious pair of red sneakers that she finds.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1990, c1956
Physical Desc
117 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 11
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1990, c1965
Physical Desc
150 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Identical twins change places leading to many more complications than they expected.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 45
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
168 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 10
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
1993, c1964
Physical Desc
125 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy determines to polish his hockey games before using his Christmas present -- a new stick.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 50
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 51
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
147 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 53
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 55
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
127 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 57
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having just begun to learn how to snowboard, thirteen-year-old Dennis faces a frightening challenge when he allows a bully to shame him into racing on a difficult slope.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 58
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendancy to talk alot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 69
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
136 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wanting to fit in with his skateboarding friends, Zach is tempted to adopt a new image of spiked bleached hair and a pierced ear.
19) Soccer duel: #68
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 68
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
148 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.
20) Tennis ace: #67
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports stories volume 67
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
116 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.